MINATARE HIGH SCHOOL

Students in MINATARE, Nebraska, attend MINATARE HIGH SCHOOL, a very small high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 48 students. That is 88% below the average of about 391 students for high schools in Nebraska.

MINATARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS oversees MINATARE HIGH SCHOOL and 3 other schools, with 146 students in total.

The largest group at MINATARE HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 48%. The remaining students are 44% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 2% Black. Census figures show Scotts Bluff County is about 76% White.

MINATARE HIGH SCHOOL lists 6.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 7.3 students per teacher. The school's 7.3:1 compares with an average of 10.6:1 for high schools in Nebraska.

Looking at the county, Scotts Bluff County, the median household earns about $63,614 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Scotts Bluff County has 31 public schools with about 6,493 students, including MINATARE HIGH SCHOOL.

MINATARE HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from MINATARE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 4 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The 2020-21 count was 84 students and the 2024-25 count was 48. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 9.3:1 to 7.3:1.

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